Cross references
Esther 6:4
“Who is in the court?” the king asked.
Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the palace to ask the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him.
Esther 6:4 has 10 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 2 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Esther 5:14 (5 votes) and Esther 4:11 (4 votes). 6 other verses point back to it. It links with 4 other books, from Esther 3 to Ecclesiastes 9.
Which verses does Esther 6:4 point to?
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- Esther 5:145 votes
His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice pleased Haman, and he had the gallows constructed.
- Esther 4:114 votes
“All the royal officials and the people of the king’s provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned—that he be put to death. Only if the king extends the gold scepter may that person live. But I have not been summoned to appear before the king for the past thirty days.”
- Esther 5:13 votes
On the third day, Esther put on her royal robes and stood in the inner court of the palace across from the king’s quarters. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the royal courtroom, facing the entrance.
- Psalm 2:43 votes
The One enthroned in heaven laughs; the Lord taunts them.
- Esther 3:8–112 votes
Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them. If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will deposit ten thousand talents of silver into the royal treasury to pay those who carry it out.” …
- Esther 7:92 votes
Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said: “There is a gallows fifty cubits high at Haman’s house. He had it built for Mordecai, who gave the report that saved the king.” “Hang him on it!” declared the king.
- Job 5:132 votes
He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
- Psalm 33:192 votes
to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.
- Proverbs 3:27–282 votes
Do not withhold good from the deserving when it is within your power to act. Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”—when you already have the means.
- Ecclesiastes 9:102 votes
Whatever you find to do with your hands, do it with all your might, for in Sheol, where you are going, there is no work or planning or knowledge or wisdom.
Which verses point to Esther 6:4?
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